Skate vise



May 2, 1933- w. E. PARNELL SKATE VISE Filed Dec. 17, 1929 william.pofnzn Patented May 2, 1933 -1 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFic-a WILLIAM E.PARNELL, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA sk'A'rE VISE Application filed. December17, 1929. Serial No. 414,682.

'15 and constitutes oneof the jaw elements of each of the twostructures.

A further object is to provide a vise of the present character, whereinthe clamping devices serve as skate supports and also as ma nipulatingmeans for simultaneously adj usting a pair of skates to the jawstructures of the vise.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear in thefollowing de v scription, the invention resides in the novel combinationand arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a vise embodying myinvention; Fig. 2 is an. end elevational View of the device shown inFig. 1, a pair of skates being shown as applied thereto and a grindingstone being illustrated in grinding nosition upon the running surfacesof the skate blades, and Fig. 3 is a side elevational view illustratingthe assembly shown in Fig. 2, a portion of the vise being shown insection.

The illustrated embodiment of my invention includes a channel-like bodyA of com paratively heavy gauge metal rolled or bent into shape, saidbody consisting of a base 10 and flanges or wings ll turned upwardlyfrom said base. These wings, at the upper marginal portions thereof,-areformed with opposed vertical slots 12 to receive clamping bolts 13, aswill more fully hereinafter appear. Outer jaw members 14 of angle ironare provided, one for each wing 11, eachangle member 14 having one ofits legs secured to its respective wing along the upper innermarginthereof by suitable means as by riveting or welding. The other legof each angle member 14 extendsinwardly of thebody jA,

its upper surface lying flush with the upper edge of its respective wingand with the up per surface of the corresponding leg of the other jawmember. Interposed between the jaw members is an abutment plate 15, theupper surface thereof being in the same plane as the upper surfaces ofsaid outer aw. mem--- bers 14:. This plate 15 is supported medial lylongitudinally thereof fromits underside by means of posts 16 upstandingfrom the base 10 on a line medially longitudinal of said base. And saidplate constitutes dual jaw members, the respective portions thereofadjoining the adjacent outer jaw members 14 complementing said outer jawmembers respectively. m 4

Clamping bolts 13, removably inserted through the opposed slots 12 inthewings 11, are fitted at the corresponding ends thereof with nuts 17,each nut having finger pieces 18 thereon. and also being formed with'a'7shouldered portion 19 for'the application of V a wrench thereto. ,Theother ends of said bolts are formed with heads 20 designed to formfinger holds and are shouldered as at 21 (Fig. 3) to fit the slots 12 inthe wing 11- 0 against which the heads 20 abut.

The depending legs of the angle'j aw members 1 L are apertured orotherwise suitably cut away to permit'of the insertion of the bolts 13through the opposedslots12 and s5 to'allow-the free play of said boltsin said slots. And too, thesejaw members maybe formed simply by turninginwardly the upper marginal portionsof the wings 11.:

- .The posts 16.21rearranged to avoid inter-"- ference with the bolts13. In this connection, it will be understood that any suitableequivalent for the posts be employed,such for example, as; a channeliron standing on edge, or amember in the, form of an Iin' 5 crosssection. In either of the suggested equivalents, the upright web, ofcourse, would 7 be apertured so as freely to receive the bolts 13 andnot interfere with the lateral movement thereof in the slots 12.

Within the body A and at either side of an upright plane passing throughthe posts 16 is a skate compartment B into which a skate is insertedendwise in inverted position. In the event that a shoe is attached tothe skate, as shown at 21 in the drawing, there the slots 12 in thewings 11, passing the same.

through the spaces between the runners 23 of the skates and the shoeplates 22 and at the same time seeing that the blade portion 24 of eachskate has found entry to its respective slot 26 (Fig. 1) between theabutment plate 15 and the adjacent outer jaw member 14. At this stageofthe operation,

the skates hang supported on the bolts 13 with the blades 24 thereofhaving entry into the slots 26 between their respective jaw structures.After starting the nuts 17 on the bolts 13, the user, grasping one ofthe bolts at 13 at both ends thereof, lifts the same as high as it maybemoved, or in other words,

until the bolts 13 reach the tops of their slots 12 in the wings 11, oruntil some parts of the skates, such for example as the barrel portions23 (Fig. 3) impinge against the'undersides of theplates 15 and jawmembers 14. Thenut 17 ofthis particular bolt 13 is then tightened byhand. This process is repeated as to the second bolt 13, whereupon theskate runners are lightly clamped between the jaw structures of thedevice, it being understood, of course, that upon the initial tighteningof nuts 17, the wings 11 are drawn together causing the blade of each ofthe skates to be gripped between the abutment plate 15 and itsrespective outer jaw member 14. A- gaug-e-block (not shown) is thenplaced upon the upper bed-like surface of the device adjacent theportions of the blades 24 projecting through the slots 26 above suchsurface, a mallet of wood or rubber being usedat such time to tap theblades downward and thus accurately bring the running surfaces thereofinto a common plane. The nuts 17 are then set firmly with a wrench toproduce a final clamping action by the dual jaw V structures, whereupona grinding motion is imparted to a sharpening stone 27 or other suitableinstrument disposed in riding position upon the two of the skate blades.When the blades 24 have become properly sharpened, thenuts 17 areremoved from the bolts 13 and said bolts withdrawn from the device,

thus freeing the skates forremoval from the vise.

. claim as new and desire to protect by Letters h bolts 13, in bringingsaid jaw structures into skate gripping relation, The vise is relativelysmall and comparatively light, yet it amply accommodates a pair ofskates even with shoes attached. The application of skates to thedevicemay be accomplished quickly and easily, the clamping bolts 13 inaddition to the vise closing function thereof, having other importantand useful functions. They support the skates with the blades 24 thereofhaving entry to the slots 26 in the first rough adjustment of the skatesto. the 1 device; they constitute means for manipulating the skates inthe subsequent step of adjustment, wherein the user elevates and securesthe bolts 13 in elevated position by hand; they assist in securing anaccurate setting of the blades, while the mallet .is being used, byaiding the jaw structures in preventing the undue depression of theblades, and they finally materially assist the jaw structures inresisting themovement of the 1 skates in the device, as pressureis beingapplied to the grinding instruments The adjacent edges of the plate 15and jaw members 14, between which the blades of the skates enter, aresquare with thebed-like upper surface of the device, or in other words,are truly perpendicular so that the grinding stone will cut the runningsurfaces of the blades squarely and with fine accuracy. The device isthus highlyuseful even in the hands of a novice, who may accomplish thegrinding of skates with dispatch and with precision. 1 i

Changes in the specific form of my invention, as herein disclosed, maybemade within CH0 the scope of what is claimed without departing from thespirit of my invention.

Having. described my invention, what I Patent is v 1. A vise for skatescomprising a channellike body including a base and wings turned upwardlytherefrom and formed with opposed apertures'in the upper portions-thereof, outer jaw members of angleiron, one for each wing, one leg of eachangle member being secured to its respective wing along the upper innermargin thereof, theother leg extending inwardly in the horizontal planeof the corresponding leg of the opposing jaw 7125 member, an abutmentplate constituting dual inner jaw members, said plate being interposedbetween the horizontally disposed legs of the outer jaw members and intheplane thereof, posts extending upwardly from and longitudinallymedially of the base for supporting said plate longitudinally mediallythereof, the adjacent edges of said plate and outer jaw members beingnormally spaced apart to form a pair of slots for the edgewise receptionof the blades of a pair of skates placed Within said body, boltsremovably inserted through the opposed apertures in said wings andlaterally movable therein, and clamping nuts on the bolts adapted, incooperation therewith, to draw the wings toward each other andsimultaneously clamp the members of the jaw structures against theirrespective skate blades, said bolts providing supports for the skatesfor holding them in position roughly Within the vise structure and formanipulating and holding them during their initial adjustment thereinand for further holding them during the final adjustment and during theactual grinding of the skates in the vise.

2. A skate vise comprising a base, spaced uprights at the edges of saidbase, a pair of angle bars secured to said uprights through one of thelegs of each thereof with the other of the legs thereof lying in acommon plane and facing one another, the facing edges of said angle legsconstituting vise jaws, a plate carried by said base and disposed in thesame plane as the denoted legs of said angles and cooperating therewithto form co'mplemental vise jaws and means for drawing said angle barstoward said plate to clamp a pair of skates disposed therebetween.

In testimony whereof I aflix to this specification.

WILLIAM E. PARNELL.

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